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Movie Overview
Cast
Yacef Saadi
Jean Martin
Brahim Haggiag
Director
Gillo Pontecorvo
MPAA Rating
Not Rated
Battle of Algiers (1966)
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A+
"The same power it had 40 years ago is still evident."
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
"'The Battle of Algiers' serves potent warning to those who envision warfare, or any Western-dictated settlement, in areas so hungry and so foreign."
ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Donald J. Levit
A-
"Staged with almost newsreel precision but presented with the punch of a great political thriller..despite being half a century old, still has a powerful and pertinent message."
One Guy's Opinion
Frank Swietek
4/4
"what really resonates on watching
Algiers
is its message about the widespread loss of civilian life and the staggering destruction to civic infrastructure as the heaviest costs of war"
Perihelion Journal
Jay Antani
A
"plays like a mesmerizing action thriller that derives from the best traditions of Hollywood. "
Old School Reviews
John A. Nesbit
A
"gripping, relevant cinema...Irish film, "Bloody Sunday," borrowed its entire structure from "Algiers.""
Reeling Reviews
Laura Clifford
3.5/4
"
The Battle of Algiers
still resonates today, and probably always will"
Movie Habit
Marty Mapes
10/10
"One of the essential works of world cinema."
Antagony & Ecstasy
Tim Brayton
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